• Developed Strategy for selection of suppliers to support Full and Multi Service Category (to fulfill business and portfolio need) for end-to-end service.• Enterprise Level - Managed and chaired the governance meetings (Operational Steering Committee meetings) with suppliers (offers end to end services) across to understand the risks and ongoing issues which could impact the submission, database lock.• Established the effective pricing strategy in accordance with the outsourcing engagement.• Strategized, implemented planning and risk assessment of Business Development & Licensing associated (acquisition) supplier – Portfolio assessment to evaluate the future need of these inherited suppliers. • Collaborated with Development Units to identify and manage risks in clinical trials as per the portfolio needs.• Established and implemented Governance & Oversight of ongoing Risk Mitigation Plan – For Digital Recruitment Service in 2023.• Developed a robust risk mitigation plan for ongoing clinical trials and patient safety teams during pandemic – Expedited the onboarding of suppliers to provide home nursing service and by providing clinical research coordinator support to the sites to mitigate the resource challenge during pandemic.

• Developed Risk Based Monitoring Tool to identify risks at Program, Study, Country and Site level – Helped in optimally planning the monitoring visits for high-risk ones.• Built Strategic relationships with critical stakeholders (Franchise teams, Regional and Country Heads) for effective implementation of Central monitoring model.• Team Management – Hiring, training and mentoring the Central CRAs. Encouraged open communication, listen to feedback which helped in Leading, mentoring and developing the team of 25-30 people.• Cultivated an environment of continuous improvement and openness. Worked within the team via an open forum to listen to their complaints. As a result, team engagement improved and got an opportunity to lead more projects.

• Ensured all operational trial deliverables are met according to timelines, budget, procedures & quality standards, development of study tools, guidelines and training materials, management of clinical study material, implementation of issue resolution plan. (Heart Failure and Hypertension studies)• Developed clinical outsourcing specification based on the internal available resources and expertise. (Outsourcing of Central Lab, IRT Services etc.,)• Led review meetings with suppliers to track performance of ongoing engagement (Review Key Performance Indicators, Risks and Issues)• Supported Study team and countries in country allocation and study start-up activities for end point driven studies.• Mentored and trained new joiners. • Reviewed clinical data to assure data quality and support study data analysis and reporting for studies in cardiovascular and respiratory.

• Served as Project Data Manager for multiple projects and was responsible for providing Data Management input on Clinical Team.• Chaired Validation and Analysis Plan (VAP) meeting for the clinical trial, writing the study specific validation checks and developed reports to ensure high quality and consistent data to ensure database is ready for lock on time.• Trained team on Data Review tools and study specific documents• Contributed to development of protocol and eCRF completion guidelines.• Performed user acceptance test of eCRF/Data transfer specification to ensure consistency between protocol and eCRF